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Documentation of Extreme North Cameroon Sign Language and Cameroon Sign Language

The Documentation of Extreme North Cameroon Sign Language and Cameroon Sign Language is a collection of video recordings of signers in the Far North Cameroon region of Cameroon. The recordings took place between June 2013 and February 2014 by Sam Lutalo-Kiingi.

The collected data contains narratives, spontaneous language use in the form of monologues, dialogues, and group conversations covering a wide range of themes such as myths and legends, historical narratives, and personal stories.

Languages Extreme North Cameroon Sign Language, Cameroon Sign Language
Size 8 hours recorded
Participants 20 participants (approximate)
Deaf and hearing
From different towns in the North Cameroon region
Metadata Format ELAR HTML
Translation English, 1,5 hours (7 recordings)
Annotation 1,5 hours (7 recordings) segmented and transcribed with glossaries in English or French
Data Format ELAN
Licence not available
Access Restricted access for 35 videos requires registration
Restricted access for 49 videos, ELAN files and further written documentation requires confirmed registration
Webpages Resource: http://hdl.handle.net/2196/f4a51b02-cb4e-4294-83c7-7f85c9c5fd75
Dataset: http://hdl.handle.net/2196/00-0000-0000-0002-669B-C
Institution Kyambogo University, Uganda
Publications not available

Cite as

Lutalo-Kiingi, Sam. 2014. Documentation of Extreme North Cameroon Sign Language and Cameroon Sign Language. Endangered Languages Archive. http://hdl.handle.net/2196/00-0000-0000-0002-669B-C. Accessed on [insert date here].

This entry was last modified on 17 May 2023.